Literary Criticism Of Tom Sawyer

Register to read the introduction… Tom is very mischievous and sneaky. And readers enjoy that. Some kids don’t like school and like Tom would try really hard to get out of having to go to class. In chapter six Tom wakes up and said he has a sore toe. When that doesn’t work he complains and says that he can’t go to school because of a loose tooth. All of this just to get out of going to school. Have you ever pretended that you were a pirate and had a treasure hunt or imagined you were a cowboy? Well Tom did and many other readers have too. Connecting the reader to the books main character really draws them in even more. In chapter thirteen Tom and his friends, Huck and Joe, decide to run away to Jackson’s Island and become pirates. On this adventure the reader might feel like he is there with the characters, making the book even more interesting to the reader. Tom is considered a hero in the book. And we all know being a hero is a big deal. This might make the reader want to be just like him, putting himself in Tom’s place. This makes the book even more popular, because the readers might enjoy the good-guy bad-guy …show more content…
Some books are packed full of mystery. Tom Sawyer is not one of them but does have an exciting plot. During chapter 9 the boys witness the murder of Dr. Robinson. During that chapter you are excited to find out what happens next. And Twain made it somewhat suspenseful making the book even more popular for a reader that likes mystery. Twain wrote, “… not twenty yards away, a human hand, holding a candle, appeared from behind a rock!” (229). If Tom and Becky stuck in a cave wasn’t enough then finding another person right in there with you ought to be! This is just one more example where Twain adds a little mystery to the life of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain was really good at adding romance, mystery, adventure, etc. into the book making it appealing to just about